I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches and moves the ball in and out. It's impressive.

We want to be the top seed. Manatee has three losses in the district, but they could lose again. We have a very tough week coming up -- three games on the road all against good teams. If we play well, we'll have a chance.

Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swing on him, but other than that, they didn't take any good swings at him.

We played the way Venice High is supposed to play. Even if we would have lost tonight, I still would have been proud of the way we played.

In different counts, he'll do things normal pitchers don't do. He's a pitcher who pitches and doesn't give in.

Alicia is just like Elizabeth in that she has great command of her pitches. She works the corners really well and she throws a good rise ball.